Chicago Golf Bachelor Party: The Weekend, Thursday to Sunday
A golf bachelor weekend in Chicago from Thursday to Sunday: Harborside in the city, Cog Hill's Dubsdread in Lemont, Gibsons and Maple & Ash in the Gold Coast, TAO and the River North clubs, one part of town at a time.
A golf bachelor party in Chicago runs Thursday to Sunday, one part of town at a time. Arrive Thursday for a steak at Gibsons, then walk to the Division Street clubs. On Friday, play Harborside International on the South Side, spend the afternoon on Cindy's Rooftop over Millennium Park, and eat at TAO before the club upstairs opens at 10 PM. On Saturday, drive out to Lemont for Cog Hill's Dubsdread, eat at Maple & Ash, and finish in River North at Sound-Bar or DISCO, both open until 5 AM. Sunday is the game at Victory & Vice, or the flight home.
That is the short answer. Below is the weekend, day by day. Last updated November 2026.
Why we wrote this guide
Chicago's best public golf is outside the Loop and its best nights are inside it, so a bachelor group needs a plan for both. The golf comes from our sister site golfinchi.com, a guide to the best golf courses around Chicago. Its Chicago golf bachelor party guide plans the same weekend from the golf side. The dinners, the rooftops and the nights are ours.
The weekend at a glance
- Thursday: Gibsons, then Galería and Hideaway on Division Street.
- Friday: Harborside, Cindy's Rooftop, dinner at TAO, then TAO Nightclub upstairs.
- Saturday: Cog Hill's Dubsdread or Ruffled Feathers in Lemont, Maple & Ash, then Sound-Bar or DISCO.
- Sunday: the game at Victory & Vice or Joy District, or the flight home.
Getting around
Keep each day in one part of town. Gibsons, Maple & Ash and the Division Street clubs are all in the Gold Coast, a short walk apart. In River North, TAO is on Dearborn, Sound-Bar is on Ontario, and Celeste and Joy District face each other across Hubbard Street. The golf is a drive: Harborside is on the South Side, Cog Hill and Ruffled Feathers are both in Lemont in the southwest suburbs, and the Preserve at Oak Meadows and Cantigny are in the west suburbs. Book a car with room for the clubs on the golf mornings, and keep it for the night.
Chicago golf is a warm-weather trip. Each course sets its own season, so check the tee sheet before the group books flights.
Thursday: a Gold Coast steak, then Division Street
Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse has held its Rush Street corner since May 1989, and this is the original. The room is loud, the crowd is a mix of celebrities, visitors and regulars, and the beef is its own: Gibsons Prime Angus, aged for at least 45 days. Order W.R.'s Chicago Cut, the house signature, or share the Big Porterhouse.
From there it is a short walk to Division Street, where three sister clubs share one block. Galería is the one built for a group: a room dressed as a gallery, tables around the floor with a clear view of the DJ, sparkler bottle presentations, and an open-format, commercial and Latin sound, Thursday through Saturday from 10 PM. On the same block, Hideaway is the smaller house-music room, and Gold Coast Social is the lounge between the two, with Southern food served late.
Friday: golf in the city, a rooftop, TAO
Harborside International Golf Center is golf inside the city limits, with two public courses on the South Side: the Port, opened in 1995, and the Starboard, opened in 1996. Dick Nugent designed both, and both are par 72 at just over 7,100 yards from the back tees. With two courses at the same club, a group of eight or more can send foursomes out on both.
Back downtown, the afternoon is Cindy's Rooftop, on the 13th floor of the Chicago Athletic Association hotel, an 1893 landmark on Michigan Avenue. It sits under a glass atrium with views over Millennium Park and Lake Michigan, and the terrace is open all year.
Dinner is TAO Chicago, inside a landmarked 1892 building in River North, where a 40-foot staircase leads down to a dining room built around a 20-foot Quan Yin statue. The Pan-Asian menu is made for sharing, which suits a long table. At 10 PM the night moves upstairs to TAO Nightclub on the second floor, open Friday and Saturday until 4 AM, with resident DJs on the regular weekends and a disco ball that drops from a 10-foot Japanese bell.
Saturday: Lemont, then River North
Cog Hill's Dubsdread, the club's No. 4 course, is the big round of the weekend. Dick Wilson and Joe Lee laid it out in 1964, Rees Jones later redesigned it, and it plays 7,554 yards from the back tees with a slope of 153. It is public and takes tee times on its own website; golfinchi.com lists the 2026 rate at $149 to $225, with a cart, tax and a basket of range balls included. Ruffled Feathers, a Pete Dye and P.B. Dye design from 1992, is in Lemont too, for a group that wants a second course nearby.
In the west suburbs, the Preserve at Oak Meadows in Addison is a Greg Martin course from 2017 that books on its own website, and Cantigny Golf in Wheaton is a 1989 Roger Packard design that asks for a collared shirt and no T-shirts.
Dinner is Maple & Ash, the Gold Coast steakhouse that runs dinner like a party. Chef Danny Grant sends nearly everything through a wood-fired hearth. The 28-day dry-aged bone-in ribeye and the fire-roasted seafood tower are the orders for the table, and the house asks guests to dress elegant and chic.
Then River North. Sound-Bar on Ontario Street is the big club: two levels, nine bars, a VIP room and touring DJs on Friday and Saturday, open until 5 AM. Celeste fills an 1888 Adler & Sullivan building on Hubbard Street, and DISCO is its third floor, a 1970s room with an LED dance floor that opens at 9 PM and also runs until 5 AM. Joy District is across the street.
Sunday: the game, or the flight
On an NFL Sunday, Victory & Vice in the West Loop is built for a group: thirty screens and a 17-foot LED wall, booths and tables, and DJs from the pregame through the late games. Tables can be held from kickoff to the final whistle. Back in River North, Joy District opens at 11 AM on Sundays, with Parlay, its sports parlor, on the first floor and a rooftop that stays open all year. Or the car takes the group to the airport.
How to book it
Tee times are on golfinchi.com: Harborside books through GolfNow, and Cog Hill and the Preserve take bookings on their own websites, each linked from the course's page. Its guide to booking and playing Chicago golf covers the rest, and its golf trips from Chicago page covers Whistling Straits and Sand Valley in Wisconsin, for a group that wants to turn the weekend into a trip. The restaurants book from their own pages, linked above. For a club table, send the night and the group size from the venue's page, and our Chicago team sets it up.
Frequently asked questions
Can you play golf inside Chicago? Yes. Harborside International's Port and Starboard courses are public and on the South Side, both designed by Dick Nugent in the mid-1990s.
Is Cog Hill's Dubsdread open to the public? Yes. It is a public course in Lemont that takes tee times on its own website. golfinchi.com lists its 2026 rate at $149 to $225, including cart, tax and a range basket.
Which Chicago clubs are open on Thursday? Galería and Hideaway on Division Street open at 10 PM, and Good Night John Boy, a disco on Randolph Street in the West Loop, opens at 9 PM.
Which clubs stay open latest on Saturday? Sound-Bar, DISCO, Galería and Hideaway all run until 5 AM.
Where can a group watch football on Sunday? Victory & Vice in the West Loop holds tables from kickoff to the final whistle, and Joy District's Parlay is a sports parlor in River North.
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